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ITHIEL MOORE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIQ.

RAILWAY-CROSSING.

Application filed August 18, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TIITIEL Moons, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in RailwayCrossings of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway crossings and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a crossing of the character stated especially adapted to be used. upon all railways, parts of the crossing being so arranged that the rolling stock may pass over the same without noise or jar and wear which is incidental to same.

with this object in view the crossing comprises intermediate rail sections provided at their ends with slots and having the end portions of their treads cham'lered or beveled. The crossing also includes end rail sections alined with the intermediate rail section the alining rail sections substantially meeting each other at their bases but the ends of the treads of the alining section being spaced from each other and disks are secured in the slot of the said section whereby the end sections are held in proper position with relation to the intermediate rail sections.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a plan view of the crossing construction.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

The railway crossing includes intermediate rail sections which are provided at their ends with slots. The said intermediate rail sections are arranged in pairs and one pair is positioned at an angle with relation to the other pair as is usual in crossing structures the treads of the rail sections being chami'ered or beveled at the upper surfaces of their ends.

The crossing also includes end rail sec tions which are cut 0% square at their inner ends as the ends of the intermediate rail sections are, while the upper end surface of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1917.

Serial No. 186,912".

the end rail sections are cut oif at an oblique or acute angle. Disks are inserted in the slots of the adjacent rail sections and are secured therein by means of bolts which pass transversely through the said disks and base portion of the rail section. The ends of the adjacent end rail section abut against each other and the lower ends of the intermediate rail sections abut against the sides of the end rail sections the end rail sections are aligned up with the intermediate rail sections but the ends of the treads of the aligned rail sections are spaced from each other. When a car passes over a crossing its wheels will move down the chamfered edges of the end rail sections so that the flanges of the wheels come in contact with the upper surfaces of the disks and thus the wheels travel over the spaces between the treads of the end rail sections and the treads of the intermediate rail sections thus no noise is caused at the crossing and the rolling stock is not subjected to jar or wear incidental thereto. When the wheels move along the intermediate portions of the sections they ride upon the said sections so that their flanges are raised above the disks but when the wheels move from the intermediate sections to the end rail sections they descend as hereinbefore described and travel upon their flanges to bridge the spaces be tween the intermediate and end rail sections.

Having described the invention what is claimed is- 1. A railway crossing comprising intermediate rail sections and end rail sections said sections being provided at their adjacent ends with slots and disks secured in the said slots.

2. A railway crossing comprising intermediate rail sections having beveled ends, end rail sections having beveled ends, all. of the said rail sections being provided with slots, and disks secured in the said slots.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

TTHTEL MOORE.

Witnesses:

FRED. BAKER, Bonner Harmon.

toptee of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommtesioner of Patents, Washington, I). G. 

